Curraheen Park

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Curraheen Park
LocationCurraheen Road, Bishopstown, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates 51°52′34″N8°32′59″W / 51.876142°N 8.549856°W / 51.876142; -8.549856
Operated by Greyhound Racing Ireland
Date opened2000
Race type greyhound racing
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Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland. [1]

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Racing takes place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening and the facilities include the grandstand Laurels restaurant, fast food facilities, a number of bars, totalisator betting and ample seating. [2]

Race distances are 330, 525, 550, 575, and 750 yards and the feature competitions at the track is the Laurels. [3]

History

Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium is situated to the west of Cork on the Curraheen Road in Bishopstown. The track opened in the year 2000 as a replacement for the previous track the Cork (Western Road) Greyhound Stadium which is now the Western Gateway Building (science building of the University College Cork). The stadium is a third generation Cork Greyhound Stadium with the first two being The Show Grounds Greyhound Track (1928-1935) and then the previously mentioned Western Road stadium (1936-1996). [4]

The sale of the old track enabled the Bord na gCon to fund a new stadium with modern facilities). [5] The new stadium opened on 8 April 2000 costing IR£8.5 million and included a wonderful glass fronted grandstand as the centrepiece (the glass alone cost IR£400,000). The new track offered distances of 330, 525, 550, 575 & 700 yards and the long serving Noel Holland remained as the Racing Manager but would retire in 2004. The Laurels remains the primary competition held at the track and since 2000 winners have included Sonic Flight, Ardkill Jamie and Razldazl Rioga.

Following the closure of Harolds Cross in 2017 the Grand National was brought to the track. [6]

Competitions

Current track records

[7]

YardsGreyhoundTimeDateNotes
330Quietly [8] 17.1412 March 2016
525Curious Boy [9] 27.8525 June 2016 Laurels heats
550Killmacdonagh [10] 29.0729 June 2019The Shelley Fennely Memorial Final
575Nikita Billie [11] 30.6212 July 2003
750Airmount Tess [12] 41.0203 June 2017Barry's Tea Open Stake Semi-Final
810Shelbourne Kay [13] 45.5811 June 2005
810Slick Season [14] 45.5818 March 2011
525 HComeout Russell [15] 28.5911 July 2015

Former track records

Extended content

[16]

YardsGreyhoundTimeDateNotes
330Quarrymount Rory17.4720.09.2000
330Kilboy Oak17.4413.03.2004
330Paulo Coelho17.4017.03.2004
330Leeview Dave17.3413.10.2012
525Moyne Rebel28.2507.10.2000
525Rutland Budgie28.2525.10.2001
525Larkhill River28.2128.09.2002
525Coolmona Dave28.1414.06.2003
525Fat Budgie28.0815.05.2004
525Ardkill Jamie28.0323.09.2006
525Droopys Robinho28.0329.09.2007
525Ballymac Vic27.9429.09.2012
550Owenabue River29.9002.08.2001
550Longvalley Tina29.8426.02.2002
550Confident Choice29.7424.10.2002
550Minglers Prime29.6623.11.2002
550Make All29.4620.03.2004
550Goldstar Lee29.4221.10.2006
550Ghost Town29.3628.16.2014
550Velvet John Joe29.3222 July 2017
550Killmacdonagh [17] 29.1522 June 2019
700Drifting Tide38.8004.08.2001
700Hello Bud38.7424.11.2001
700Blue Boomer38.6118.05.2002
750Air Force Honcho41.5330.10.2003
750Kilquane Lass41.5122.11.2003
750Guess Whos Comin41.4120.11.2004
750Heart Rumble41.3013.05.2006
750Woe Katie41.2231.05.2014
750Woe Katie41.1914.06.2014
750Fire Height Amy41.1406.06.2015
525 HHilldun Pat30.3117.08.2002
525 HTop Lark29.5030.10.2004
525 HTop Lark29.1829.10.2005
525 HBay Star28.9921.10.2006
525 HKiel Razzle28.8420.06.2014
525 HShouragh Matty28.7828.06.2014
550 HLenson Returns31.1614.09.2000

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References

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  2. ↑ "Curraheen Park". Irish Greyhound Board.
  3. ↑ "Cork (Curraheen Park)". Greyhound Data.
  4. ↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN   07207-1106-1.
  5. ↑ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN   978-1-905153-53-4.
  6. ↑ "GRI confirms closure of Harolds Cross Greyhound Stadium". GRI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cork Track records". Greyhound Star.
  8. ↑ "Greyhound & Petworld Supersprint Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  9. ↑ "The 2016 Irish Independent Laurels Round 2 Heat 6". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  10. ↑ "The Shelley Fennely Memorial 550 Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  11. ↑ "The Cashman 575". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  12. ↑ "Barry's Tea Open 750 Stake Semi-Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  13. ↑ "THE CASHMANS BOOKMAKERS OPEN 810". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  14. ↑ "Liam O Sullivan Collick Plant Ltd 810". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  15. ↑ "The Rockybay Munster Hurdle Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  16. ↑ "Former track records". Greyhound Data.
  17. ↑ "The Shelley Fennely Memorial 550 Semi-Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
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